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WI SB169

Bill

Status

Passed

8/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Van Wanggaard

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands privacy protections for Wisconsin judicial officers by requiring government agencies, businesses, and data brokers to shield personal information including home addresses, phone numbers, and names of children under 18 upon receiving a notarized written request

  • Allows judicial officers to protect up to 2 secondary residences in addition to their primary residence, with protection expiring 90 days after a property ceases to be a residence

  • Creates exceptions permitting release of protected information to title insurance companies, licensed attorneys, professional land surveyors, adjacent landowners, and between government agencies for non-public purposes

  • Establishes enforcement mechanisms allowing judicial officers to sue for injunctive relief against private violators or seek a writ of mandamus against government agencies, with mandatory award of costs and attorney fees if the judicial officer prevails

  • Makes intentionally submitting false information on privacy protection request forms prosecutable as a crime under the state's false swearing statute (s. 946.32)

Legislative Description

Privacy protections for judicial officers.

Last Action

Published 8-9-2025

8/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Public Safety4/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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